Fly-paper bracket.



No. 680,463. Pat ented Aug. [3, 1901. r. H. PLAISTRIDGE.

FLY PAPER BRACKET.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

FRANK II. PLAISTRIDGE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FLY-PAPER BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 680,463, dated August13, 1901.

Application filed March 5, 1901. Serial No. 491957. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. PLAISTRIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented a new and useful Bracket to SupportFly-Paper,of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a handy, cheap, and reliablemeans to support fly-paper and to keep the paper upon which the fliesbecome entangled out of the way and the flies sticking thereto out ofView. I accomplish these objects by means of the device described hereinand shown in the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective View of myfiy-paper-holding bracket in condition to receive the sticky fly-paper.

Referring to the drawing, B represents resilient wires, each of which ispassed through openings in three or more longitudinal slats A and holdsthe slats in place to form a platform upon which the fly-paper isplaced. These wires are bent over upon themselves so that the upper andprojecting end of each wire bears against the middle of the strip and isadapted to securely hold anything that may be placed on the longitudinalstrips under the projecting ends of the wires. In the back strip andprojecting rearwardly from a central point therein is a wire loop forhooking the bracket to a nail or screw in the side of the wall. Thiswire supporting-loop has an offset portion 0, which is bent at rightangles to the plane of the face of the longitudinal strips, the purposebeing to support the face of the bracket-platform in a horizontalposition when the upper portion of the supporting-loop is hooked onto anail or screw, the points 0" on the wire where the wire bends to form anoffset being adapted to rest against the face of the wall or uprightsupport and hold the platform of the bracket in a horizontal position.

A convenient place anywhere on the wall where it is desired to ban g oneof my brackets is selected and the upper part of the supporting-loop ispassed over a nail-head or screw in the face of the wall or support.This should be at an .elevation from the floor, soas to be out of theway of any one passing under it. When in proper position against thewall, a sheet of sticky fly-paper is passed over the out of sight, anobjection to the use of flypaper being thus removed. When flies becomeentangled on the fly-paper, they are very offensive to the sight of manypersons; but by the use of my bracket a convenient place is always readyto receive the paper. It is always out of the way, and whatever may beentangled thereon is never seen by those in the room, not even by thosewithin a few feet of the bracket.

This simple bracket affords ready means to instantly remove an old orused paper and replace the same with a new one.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A fiy-paper-holding bracket, comprising a horizontal platform to holdthe paper; springs to removably secure the paper thereon; and means tosupport the same on the wall.

2. A fly-paper-holding bracket, comprising the longitudinalplatform-strips A; transverse connecting-wires B, to secure said stripsto said wires, bei'ng bent at their rear ends upwardly and forwardly,the projecting end bearing against the central strip and thesupporting-wire O, secured to the rear strip and bent upwardly at rightangles to the platform, substantially as shown and described.

8. The herein-described bracket for holding sticky fiy-paper, comprisinga plurality of longitudinal strips forming the bracketplatform;resilient wires to connect these strips extending through the strips andbeing bent forward and downward, the projecting ends resting against thecentral strip and adapted to hold the paper on the platform; and a wireloop projecting from the rear strip and bent at right angles to hold theplatform level, as shown and described.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 26th day of February, 1901.

, F. H. PLAISTRIDGE.

l/Vitnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, -HENRY T. HAZARD.

